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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1937

Page

5

Must Conform Policies to Socialized Age Forum Banquet

Preston Reed of Chicago urged bankers at the Banking Forum for Bankers at Hotel Berry to adopt public relations and extend services to the man on the street. He warned of public distrust and urged newspaper advertising and personal relations to improve banking image. Ohio University officials and forum officers praised the event, with new officers elected and afternoon sessions featuring Krauskopf and Lasher on advertising and press relations.

Preston Reed Chicago Financial Advertisers Association Banking Forum Hotel Berry Mr. Reed Reed Othe FIDC Herman G. James Ohio University Formul Charles A. Dice Ohio State University Commerce Department W. L. Grandle Coshocton National Bank Coshocton J. H. McClure Athens National Bank Athens C. O. Hanson Ira Fulton The Peoples Banking and Trust Co Marietta W. A. Metzger Junction City Bank Junction City Thomas N. Wolfe Ralph Parks Peoples Banking Co Nelsonville C. B. Smith Malta National Bank Malta Fine Arts Karl H. Krauskopf George Starr Lasher F. D. Forsyth Grandle A. H. Armbruster Krauskori Krauskopf Lasher Preston

Robbery Victim Will Testify Against Golfer

Elizabethtown New York a 74 year old partly deaf man Matt Cobb will testify for the state in a 1930 robbery case involving John Montague and others. Roger Norton testified Montague Sherry Carleton and Moore helped in the hold up with Moore silencing Cobb. Also notes Iron wood as the heaviest wood known weighing 81 pounds per square foot and sinking in water.

Elizabethtown N. Y U.P Matt Cobb John Montague Avenue Moore Roger Norton Montague John Sherry William Carleton Cobb Moore

Honor Pupils Of AHS Get Grade Award

Principal O L Wood issued honor certificates to Athens Senior High School pupils with a first six weeks B average. Senior, junior, and sophomore honorees named with many students listed by name across classes.

AHS O. L. Wood Athens Delpha Douglas Marjorie Junod Marjorie Malone Virginia Smith Betty Cash Jean Finsterwald Gertrude Kissner Doris Mace Ida Shafer Anna Mae Tall Carolie Buell Doris Finsterwald Marjorie Harvey Jeane Houf Mary Elizabeth Lasher Lucille McDaniel June Swain Harry Hess

Local Residents Treated After Mine Accident

Earl Cole of Millfield was injured at No. 6 Mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Co and transported to Sheltering Arms Hospital yesterday. Myrtle Baker of 44 Second St underwent a major surgical operation there yesterday. Mrs. B. M. Covert was discharged today.

Earl Cole Millfield Sunday Creek Coal Co Sheltering Arms Hospital Myrtle Baker Second St B. M. Covert

Bond votes in Athens require 65 percent majority

The Messenger reports Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy gave an informal opinion that four Athens bond issues and a county three mill levy need a 65 percent majority to pass. The county relief bond of 33 300 dollars requires only a simple majority of those voting.

Athens Herbert S. Duffy Duffy Athens City Athens County

Athens Man Wins Philco Radio Contest Prize

Charles Minister of 66 Franklin Ave Athens won first prize a $205 Philco radio in the Tri State District Add the Numerals Contest announced by The Messenger. Prizes also went to Dennis Layfield Parkersburg and Frank F Young Huntington among others with additional Philco radios and Westinghouse kitchen items.

Charles Minister Franklin Ave Athens Philco Radio Tri-State Wheaton Hardware Co Summers & Son Music Store Minister Fred Wheaton D. I. Gandee H. J. Hughes van Zandt Supply Co Dennis Layfield Parkersburg Frank F. Young Huntington Iris Wanda Comer Kanawha County W. Va T. Sterling Evans W. H. Layfield Cokeleys Don M. Worley Mrs. Dewis Heckler Ellenboro Philco Westinghouse

Drive To Combat Crime Announced At Conclave

Mrs Tracy La Cost of Toledo was elected president of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers for a two year term. The convention, the largest in the organization’s history, announced a recreational program to combat crime and a drive to reduce traffic accidents as major goals for the coming year.

Cleveland U.P Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers Tracy la Cost Toledo

Two Directors Re-Elected at Club's Banquet

Fred M. McKay and B. T. Grove were re elected unanimously as Athens Country Club directors at the annual banquet last night attended by 90 members. President Dr T R Biddle presided. secretary D H Sams reported 215 active members, sound finances, and clubhouse improvements.

Fred M. McKay B. T. Grover Athens Country Club T. R. Biddle D. H. Sams P. F. Good John Algeo T. N. Hoover Ringer Steve Wilson Frederick Pearson Richard Rutkoskie A. D. McPherson Roy Paynter J. Homer Caskey Howard Ong Mike Brooks

Apple Sauce Turned Into 200 Dollar Cash for FFA Chapter

Twenty Waterloo High School FFA members cared for Roy Gilham's five acre orchard with 135 trees under adviser D C MelInturf. Government Surplus Commodities will buy the apples for relief families, yielding about 200 dollars for the chapter to fund trips and projects.

New Marshfield Future Farmers of America Waterloo High School FFA Roy Gilham D. C. MelInturf Surplus Commodities Corporation Jack Sickles Dan Stright Kenneth Carmen James Romine

Engineer Expected To Inspect NYA Dam In Athens County

An engineer from the State Department of Agriculture Conservation is expected in Athens County today and may stay through next week. He will inspect a dam built with NYA labor and review other conservation dams under construction, plus evaluate proposed future dam sites.

State Department of Agriculture Conservation Athens County E. S. Haller NYA

Athens students hear scout jamboree report

Athens High School assembly hears Athens County Boy Scout Jamboree delegate Clinton Knowlton recount experiences in Washington. Bruce Lawson presided. Gertrude Kissner performed two clarinet solos. Irene Shafer offered humorous readings. Neile Foster sang two numbers.

Clinton Knowlton Athens Washington Bruce Lawson Gertrude Kissner Irene Shafer Neile Foster

Lanning Returns to Athens County Jail in Home-Coming

Carl Lanning of Floodwood was arrested again by Sheriff Charles Bayless last night, marking his 13th jail stay this year after returning to the Athens County jail during a home-coming.

Carl Lanning Floodwood Athens County Lanning Charles Bayless

Lanning released after intoxication charges warrant

Acting on a warrant, the charges against Lanning involve intoxication. He was held two days and released from the Chauncey village jail Wednesday night.

Lanning Chauncey Village

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